Clothes-pin



(NOMoc I eL) v J.WILLIAMS..

, CLOTHES PIN.

- No. 245,039. Patented Aug..2, 1881.

WITNESSES- IN/ZENTUFL 06% UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH WILLIAMS, OF MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA.

CLOTHES-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,039, dated August2, 1881.

Application filed March 5,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH WILLIAMS, of MenloPark. in the county of San Mateo and State of California, have inventeda certain new and useful Clothes-Pin, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a clothes-pin that 'will besimple and cheap in construction, and one that can be easily ad- IOjusted and will securely hold the clothes to the line. I accomplish thisobject by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure 1 is a top view. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3'is avertical section. Fig. 4.is a perspectiy e view, showing the clothes-pinapplied to a clothes-line.

wooden body of the pin and confined by a knot in the countersunk portionof the hole.

In practice theclothes are put or spread upon the line in the usualmanner, and-the pin, with the loop forward, is placed against the lineat each corner of the article and the loop passed ,aroundfthe article tobe dried or confined and the end of the loop brought over upon the headof the pin, which closely confines the article until it is dried.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to'secure byLetters Patent, 1s- A wooden clothes-pin provided with a head andelastic loop adapted to be passed around the line and article to bedried and confined in position by bringing the loop over the head orbody of the pin, in the manner substantially as herein set forth andspecified. In testimon y thatIclaim the foregoinglhave hereunto set myhand and seal this 15th day of February, 1881.

JOSEPH WILLIAMS. n s.]

